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The UK’s Ministry of Culture, Media and Sport has formally started an investigation into the legality of Canada’s tax incentives for games studios. MCV sister site Develop has the full story – head over there for the full details.
Read More »‘Tiga needs to raise its game’
'Government is listening,' says new CEO as he reveals plan to further lobbying and skills strategy in his first interview
Read More »Capcom buys Tenchu developer K2
'Closer ties with K2 will help increase the value of the entire Capcom Group,' says firm
Read More »Byron: I don’t want change in retail law
Dr. Tanya Byron has rubbished media reports that her Government Review into digital entertainment recommends stricter legal penalties for UK retailers. Early national newspaper articles printed on the morning of the Review claimed that Byron had suggested ‘retailers who sell video games to anyone under the age rating on the …
Read More »"Ken Kutaragi was my biggest inspiration"
Ken Kutaragi was amazing. In the early days we would go to Japan with business plans that we thought were aggressive. He would say: ‘You don’t understand. We are here to change the world. Your forecasts look high in the old world, but PlayStation is for everyone, not just hardcore …
Read More »MCV LEGENDS – Chris Deering
I am quite tough on myself. Never completely satisfied. Always trying to think of ways to deliver better results.” The harsh taste of soap must still haunt Chris Deering. As a child in New York, his strict, church-going Italian mother stuffed his mouth with turgid-tasting saponified fat whenever she believed …
Read More »Sony beat Facebook to Facebook
Sony’s PlayStation division was tantalisingly close to spearheading the ‘online social community’ phenomenon – beating the likes of MySpace to the idea. That’s according to former Sony Entertainment President Chris Deering, who revealed to MCV that a secret Facebook-style web networking platform was being worked on behind-the-scenes by those responsible …
Read More »360 and PS3 rocket during bumper Easter
The race between Xbox 360 and PS3 shifted up a notch this past week as both consoles saw huge leaps in hardware sales, thanks to the Easter break. Though PS3 is still outselling 360 regularly week-on-week and in terms of year-to-date sales, the Sony and Microsoft platforms both saw a …
Read More »Technical difficulties delay GT5 Prologue on PSN
Though consumers have since this morning been able to buy next-gen racing taster Gran Turismo 5 Prologue from the High Street, the PSN version of the title is still missing in action. The download was supposed to arrive on Sony’s PlayStation Network yesterday, along with a demo of EA’s UEFA …
Read More »Commodore 64 arrives on Virtual Console
The latest format to join Nintendo’s Virtual Console service arrives today in the shape of classic 1980’s home computer the Commodore 64. Two C64 titles are available to download from today – classic fighter International Karate and 2D shooter Uridium. The C64 was first released in 1982 and went on …
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